Melissa Melott
Optometrist · Indianapolis, INNPI 1417168816
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 109 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. It is spread thinly across 21 manufacturers, the largest accounting for just 17.7% — the pattern of someone who eats at a lot of different presentations. Among optometrist clinicians in IN with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 10% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 109 payments — averaging $43.71 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alcon$844
- Glaukos Corporation$693
- AbbVie$515
- Rxsight Inc$505
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.$401
- Lensar, Inc.$367
- plus $1K from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$4,764100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Alcon | 21 | $844 |
| Glaukos Corporation | 11 | $693 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 13 | $515 |
| Rxsight Inc | 15 | $505 |
| Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. | 10 | $401 |
| Lensar, Inc. | 1 | $367 |
| Novartis | 11 | $201 |
| Harrow Eye, LLC | 4 | $201 |
| Dompe US, Inc. | 2 | $141 |
| Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4 | $141 |
| Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc. | 1 | $131 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | 1 | $127 |
| Bausch & Lomb, A Division Of Bausch Health US, LLC | 4 | $127 |
| Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $124 |
| Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | $83 |
| Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | 3 | $55 |
| Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. | 2 | $37 |
| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. | 1 | $24 |
| Biotissue Holdings Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Shire North American Group Inc | 1 | $15 |
| Eyevance Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $14 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- LENSAR LASER SYSTEM$367
- DURYSTA$236
- Wavelight Refractive Suite$217
- iDose$205
- RADIUS$163
- EYLEA$131
- Acuvue$127
- VEVYE$125
- Oxervate$124
- Syfovre$124
- XDEMVY$124
- INFUSE$123
- Clareon PanOptix Pro$121
- RXSIGHT CONTACT LENS$115
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR CARTRIDGE$115
- RXSIGHT INJECTOR HANDPIECE$115
- RXSIGHT LIGHT DELIVERY DEVICE (LDD)$115
- LIGHT ADJUSTABLE LENS (LAL)$115
- MIEBO$113
- XIIDRA$113
How this compares
$4,764 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 1,318 optometrist providers in Indiana.
Other optometrist in Indianapolis
- Damon DierkerIndianapolis$707K
- Rhonda RobinsonIndianapolis$205K
- Brenda WahlIndianapolis$38K
- Peter KoernerIndianapolis$11K
- Jessica HultsIndianapolis$10K
- Branden ShafferIndianapolis$9K
- Scott AllisonIndianapolis$8K
- Alma NoreikaIndianapolis$7K
- Scott HastyIndianapolis$7K
- Diana FisherIndianapolis$7K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.